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[ All Injuries are Preventable ] 

• Injuries caused by accidents, violence, or “self-inflicted” cause a lot of negative effects, such as human suffering or death, as well as economic negative effects for individuals, states, communities, and the business sector.  
• Target-oriented work and collaboration communities all over the world have shown that it is possible to decrease injuries by at least 25 % yearly.

[ The concept of Safe Communities ]

• It had launched as an official World Health Organisation (WHO) term in their General Program in the end of the 1980’s.
• The cooperation between WHO and the Safe Community Movement started in 1986.
• It was s formal existence atthe First World Conference on Accident and Injury Prevention held in Stockholm, Sweden in September 1989.

[ TheManifesto for Safe Communities ]

• • • the resolution of the conference 1989 stated that the International Safe Community movement should work with “WHO Health for all” as a vision.

• All human beings have an equal right to health and safety.

• The ground pillars in theStockholm manifesto / ground pillars for successare:

• Accident and injury prevention requirescoordinated action by many groups
• Health sector has a crucial role incollecting information on injured people, injury patterns, causes of injuries, and hazardous situations
• Local programs must include all citizens and focus onthe most vulnerable
• Evaluation of both the process and outcome of the program is important
• The work must be of high quality withcontinuous feedback and improvements of programs
• International networking for safe communities is necessary
• We need Safe communities that can serve as the model for other communities

[ The Safe Community Initiative ]

• It differs in comparison to other injury prevention programs. In an International Safe Community,the community itself plays the leading role.
• The term Safe Community implies that the community works for increased safety in astructured approach, not that the community is already perfectly safe.
• Creative methods such aseducation, physical planning, and environmental change, combined with appropriate regulations and enforcement, are essential for community safety.
• An International Safe Community uses traditional means ofcontrol such as economics, regulations, and governing by objectives and visions.
• No single approach is sufficientfor changing existing behavior patterns. Heightening public awareness is also very important.
• Programs to prevent and control injuries and accidents mustidentify and characterize the injury problem andevaluate the effectiveness of injury control interventions.
• Though epidemiology is not the soul of the safe communities concept, its vital importance must be respected.
• The characteristics of an International Safe Community are that the community and the leadership in the community manage the Safe Community program.
• The comprehensive program also includes the promotion and prevention of all kinds of injuries, such as Injuries from accidents, violence, and suicide.
• It also embraces prevention of the consequences (human injuries) related to Natural Disaster.
• The program covers all age groups and genders. It has a special focus on the most vulnerable.
• According to investigations and research, injuries have decreased by more than 25 % yearly in Safe Communities.
• While the movement grew, our quality management program led to a peer review system where the leading communities were labeled International Safe Communities.

[ The role of the International Safe Community Certifying Centre ] 

• To be responsible for the certifying system for International Safe Communities
• Certify International Safe Communities
• Formulate the Indicators for International Safe Communities and International Safe Community Support Centres
• Training of International certifiers
• Maintain the Website for the International Safe Community movement  
• Publish good examples in certified safe communities  
• Formulate Ethical rules and code of conduct for the international accredited certifiers  
• Appoint organisers of the every second year held International Conference on Safe Communities

[ Our Quality Assurance Program ] 

• More than 430 communities that are“designated” with more than 100 million citizens
• More than 20“International Safe Community Support Centres” support the communities for continuous improvements.
• Around twentyAuthorized active certifiers' works are of core value in that quality improvement process.

[ Our Central Administration ] 

• Chair, Professor Reza Mohammadi,   reza.mohammadi@ki.se
• Secretary General, professor Namsoo Park, namsoo.park@isccc.global
• Deputy Secretary General, Professor Alexander Kudryavtsev, ispha09@gmail.com
• Senior adviser, Guldbrand Skjönberg,guldbrand@skjonberg.se
• Senior adviser, Professor Koustuv Dalai,koustuv2010@hotmail.com
• Senior adviser, Head of Division, Chen Wentao,cwt123@vip.sina.com
• Advisor (former Chair), Dale Hanson,dale.hanson@internode.on.net
• Economic consultant, Barbro Moegelin,barbro@moegelin.se

[ Members of the Board for International Safe Community Certifying Centre ] 

• Chairperson              Reza Mohammadi (Sweden)
• Vice Chairperson       Barbara Minuzzo (Australia)
• Vice Chairperson       JoonPil Cho (Republic of Korea)
• Board member          Alexander V Kudryavtsev (Russia) 
• Board member          Guldbrand Skjönberg (Sweden) 
• Board member          Homayoun Sadeghti-Bazargani (Iran) 
• Board member          Lu Pai (Taiwan, Province of China) 
• Board member          Maria Isabela Guitarez (Columbia) 
• Board member          NamSoo Park (Republic of Korea) 
• Board member          Shi-U Geu (China) 
• Board member          Yoko Shiraishi (Japan) 

[ Our History ] 

• 1989  /TheWorld Health Organization and Karolinska Institutet set up a “Collaborating Centre on Community Safety Promotion” to thoroughly developthe concept of “Safe Communities” and the practical work of helping communities to develop efficient programs in a worldwide network.
• Up to 2015, In the leading unit was connected to the WHO Collaborating Centre on Community Safety Promotion at Karolinska Institute Dept. Public Health Sciences.
• Gradually, When Regional Networks and more International Safe Community Support Centres were established, the network functions remained with those while The WHO Collaborating Centre on Community Safety Promotion (WHO CCCSP) was encouraged to focus on the quality aspects of the International Safe Communities.
• A process for quality control has been developed, including training of international certifiers in a one-year program that leads to international designation. 
• Gradually the role for the WHO CCCSP has been developed to be a network organisation for the Safe Community Movement and an organisation for quality management development and less focus on own research.
• At the 2014 years training course for international certifiers in Lidköping, Sweden,  A discussion about the development of the International Safe Community movement was concluded that it is an absolute need to establish the Certifying function as a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO)-seeking formal linkage to the WHO.

• September 2015 / For the ongoing operative phase, The work has been replaced by all activities hosted by the “International Safe Community Certifying Centre,”established as an International Non-Governmental Organization (Organization Number 802493-2439).